The copyright office can copyright register and protect 'creative works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression.' This can include all sorts of creating things like lyrics for a song, a ...

If a web server located outside the United States hosts video content that can be viewed by Internet users located in the United States, does a public performance result under U.S. copyright law? This ...

Given the fact that copyright has become an unlikely new rallying point for the digital culture wars, you might think that the Copyright Office itself would be the ...

LOS GATOS, Calif. – Vance Ikezoye didn't set out to become one of the digital revolution's top copyright cops when he first began tinkering with the technology that launched Audible Magic Corp. At ...

Under the DMCA or Digital Millennium Copyright Act, all content published online is protected under copyright law, regardless of it having the copyright symbol on the ...

Maria Pallante is starting her new job as head of the U.S. Copyright Office just as tensions over copyright law are flaring. Lawmakers are debating legislation aimed ...

Back in the 1996, the World Intellectual Property Organisation promulgated internet treaties to help protect copyright owners in the digital environment. The United ...

The formerly arcane doctrine has recently become a hot-button issue. This year, three major financial firms sued financial news aggregation website Theflyonthewall.com for “hot news” misappropriation ...

The Heisman Trophy Trust filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the operators of the Heisman Watch website and its social media accounts for “irreparable harm” related to copyright and trademark ...